I give you Chicago. It is not London and Harvard. It is not Paris and buttermilk. It is American in every chitling and sparerib. It is alive from snout to tail.

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken

Topics: America And Americans Quotes, Chicago Quotes, Cities Quotes

The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world...

The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world...

The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were...

The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were...

Science, at bottom, is really anti-intellectual. It always distrusts pure reason, and demands the production...

Science, at bottom, is really anti-intellectual. It always distrusts pure reason, and demands the production...

The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he...

The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he...

The surest way to get on in politics in America is to play the leading...

The surest way to get on in politics in America is to play the leading...

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous...

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous...

Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body

Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body

Truth would quickly cease to become stranger than fiction, once we got as used to...

Truth would quickly cease to become stranger than fiction, once we got as used to...

Remorse is regret that one waited so long to do it

Remorse is regret that one waited so long to do it

Criticism is prejudice made plausible.

Criticism is prejudice made plausible.

If women believed in their husbands they would be a good deal happier - and...

If women believed in their husbands they would be a good deal happier - and...

Perhaps the most revolting character that the United States ever produced was the Christian business...

Perhaps the most revolting character that the United States ever produced was the Christian business...

The more a man dreams, the less he believes

The more a man dreams, the less he believes

It seems to me that a great university ought to have room in it for...

It seems to me that a great university ought to have room in it for...

Change is not progress

Change is not progress

A fool who, after plain warning, persists in dosing himself with dangerous drugs should be...

A fool who, after plain warning, persists in dosing himself with dangerous drugs should be...

Love is like war; easy to begin but very hard to stop

Love is like war; easy to begin but very hard to stop

The smallest atom of truth represents some man's bitter toil and agony; for every ponderable...

The smallest atom of truth represents some man's bitter toil and agony; for every ponderable...

Probably all laws are useless; for good men do not need laws at all, and...

Probably all laws are useless; for good men do not need laws at all, and...

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

Every truth passes through three stages before it is recognized In the first it is...

Every truth passes through three stages before it is recognized In the first it is...